THE LIABILITY OF INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISP’s) INREGARDSTOONLINE DEFAMATION
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Proliferation of internet technologies has given the average person, who was previouslyamere customer of online content; the power to publish their own on various websites, blogs, consumer-evaluation platforms (such as Amazon, eBay, and Uber), news websites (throughreader comments), social networking services (such as Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin), media- sharing websites (such as Instagram and Youtube), and collaborative-writingprojects(such as Wikipedia). Some of these user contributions may be defamatory, and given the far reach of the internet and the relative permanence of materials placed on the internet, the results can be devastating. A veritable legal question, and subject of this work is: who should be liable for defamatory statements made online by users? Should it be the users, or the Internet Service Providers?Keywords: Defamation, Internet, Liability, ISP
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